Full preview: Fluminense favourite to overcome Santos at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sat 29.Jul
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho (78838 seats)

Get ready for Serie A and Fluminense - Santos. In this preview and prediction you'll find statistics, results, data, tendencies and news!

Insights:
  • Fluminense have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Santos have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Serie A

Fluminense and Santos should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Fluminense form and stats

Fluminense are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho. 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 8 games.

Stress levels are on the rise for Fluminense's attacking players as they have now played 230 minutes without scoring in a league game. Martinelli was their last goal scorer.

The regulars are hoping that Fluminense will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Coritiba (placed 18th).

Before that, Fluminense drew at home versus Flamengo.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 13 league games, 10 have seen zero, one or two goals.

There will be little rest for Fluminense after this match as they are travelling to Argentinos Juniors for a Copa Libertadores game in only three days.

The Fluminense fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. Fluminense have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Santos form and stats

There's been little loot from Santos's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the Serie A. Santos only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Santos have lost on their last two travels.

There were no winners in Santos's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Botafogo (placed 1st). Drawing 2-2 against Botafogo after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Turra needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Leonardo has bagged at least one goal for this team three games in a row. The capability! Attacker Leonardo got a player rating of 8.62 in the game. "Man of the match" Leonardo scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A 1-4 defeat away at Sao Paulo before that.

Lots of goals? This team have played 5 consecutive league matches all with at least three goals (over 2.5 goals).

Santos are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {3 goals} from 7 away games. Santos struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Fluminense-Santos H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Fluminense two wins, Santos four wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SantosM. Santos Almeida
M. Santos Almeida
6 goals
SantosJ. Mendoza Valencia
J. Mendoza Valencia
5 goals
FluminenseG. Cano
G. Cano
4 goals

Fluminense missing players

Santos missing players

Fluminense Santos
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 3 7 16
7 5 1 Won W 0 1 4
4 3 1 Drew D 0 1 5
5 0 0 Lost L 3 5 7
21 12 3 Scored S 1 3 18
16 4 2 Conceded C 7 12 25
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 81%
81% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 57% 69%
31% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 43% 50%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 31%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 25%
38% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 29% 44%
38% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 31%
31% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 57% 44%
 
6.1 7.4 9 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.4 4.2
6.9 4.5 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.9 6.4
2.9 3.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.8
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
13.6 14.1 20 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 9 11
5.4 6.1 9.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.6 3.8
24% 24% 16% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 17% 30%
 
15.6 12.1 12 Shots against (avg) S A 14.7 18.3 16
4.7 2.6 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6.7 5.4
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Fluminense have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Fluminense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Fluminense have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santos have scored away.
  • Fluminense have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Santos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Santos have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Serie A

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Botafogo 16 13 1 2 28 9 8 8 0 0 16 1 8 5 1 2 12 8 19 40
2 Gremio 15 9 2 4 25 20 9 6 2 1 18 9 6 3 0 3 7 11 5 29
3 Flamengo 16 8 4 4 28 19 8 5 2 1 15 5 8 3 2 3 13 14 9 28
4 Palmeiras 16 7 7 2 28 14 8 5 2 1 16 8 8 2 5 1 12 6 14 28
5 Atletico PR 16 8 2 6 22 18 8 6 1 1 14 7 8 2 1 5 8 11 4 26
6 Sao Paulo 16 7 4 5 23 16 8 7 0 1 18 7 8 0 4 4 5 9 7 25
7 Fluminense 15 7 4 4 21 14 8 5 3 0 12 4 7 2 1 4 9 10 7 25
8 Bragantino 16 6 7 3 22 16 9 5 3 1 14 6 7 1 4 2 8 10 6 25
9 Fortaleza 16 6 5 5 17 15 8 4 3 1 10 5 8 2 2 4 7 10 2 23
10 Internacional 16 6 5 5 13 16 7 4 2 1 7 4 9 2 3 4 6 12 -3 23
11 Cruzeiro 16 6 4 6 16 12 9 3 1 5 4 7 7 3 3 1 12 5 4 22
12 Cuiaba 16 6 4 6 16 18 8 2 3 3 9 11 8 4 1 3 7 7 -2 22
13 Atletico Mineiro 16 5 6 5 18 15 7 2 3 2 9 8 9 3 3 3 9 7 3 21
14 Santos 16 4 5 7 18 25 9 3 4 2 15 13 7 1 1 5 3 12 -7 17
15 Corinthians 15 4 4 7 12 17 6 2 3 1 7 5 9 2 1 6 5 12 -5 16
16 Goias 16 4 3 9 15 26 7 2 2 3 8 12 9 2 1 6 7 14 -11 15
17 Bahia 16 3 5 8 15 23 8 2 3 3 11 11 8 1 2 5 4 12 -8 14
18 Coritiba 15 2 5 8 14 28 7 1 3 3 6 9 8 1 2 5 8 19 -14 11
19 America Mineiro 15 2 4 9 17 33 7 2 1 4 8 14 8 0 3 5 9 19 -16 10
20 Vasco da Gama 15 2 3 10 11 25 8 1 1 6 4 12 7 1 2 4 7 13 -14 9

Read more about Serie A

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.